Dwayne Johnston (Jumanji) made recent comments on the time gap between the animated version of Moana and the live-action version. It’s been a total of 10 years since the first Moana came out, and during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Johnson said,
To be honest with you, I never bought into this idea that ‘you have to wait 20 years, you have you wait 30 years, it’s too soon. I honestly never did, and not because I’m biased and I made the film, but because there’s themes and values in this, in animated Moana, that could translate really well if you saw a real human being going through it, and a real young girl going through it.
Besides the time gap between the two films, another thing Johnson commented on was the wig he wears in the movie,
Anytime you see a first look at something, you’re looking at it through a keyhole. I knew; I was like ‘You’re not seeing the vast ocean of it all.’ It’s OK, give it time, I know we made a pretty good movie. And I get it, I’m a pretty well-known bald actor and you see me all of a sudden with long flowing locks and curls.
He followed with,
Maui’s hair is his power; there is no Maui without hair. So, there was never a question — so that’s why Maui had hair there and that’s why Maui has hair now.
Moana is now available in theaters everywhere.
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